Which company sponsors the most H1B visas in Pharma & Biotech?

Eli Lilly and Company led with 534 certified H-1B LCA filings in FY2025, followed by Amgen Inc. (410).

What is the average H1B salary in Pharma & Biotech?

The average certified H-1B offered wage was $130,751 in FY2025. The middle 50% of filings ranged from $91,163 to $155,000.

How is "Pharma & Biotech" defined on this page?

Employers classified under Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing, or Scientific Research and Development Services. Employers self-report their NAICS code on each filing, so a company that classifies itself differently will not appear here.

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Pharma & Biotech

H1B Sponsors in Pharma & Biotech (FY2025)

16,999 certified H-1B LCA filings in FY2025, averaging $130,751. Every figure below is computed directly from DOL LCA disclosure records.

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How this page defines Pharma & Biotech

Employers classified under Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing, or Scientific Research and Development Services.

Pharma & Biotech H1B Sponsorship at a Glance

16,999

Certified filings, FY2025

$130,751

Average offered wage, FY2025

5,989

Distinct employers, FY2021–2026

Top 15 H1B Sponsors in Pharma & Biotech (FY2025)

Ranked by certified LCA filing volume. Source: DOL LCA disclosure data.

#	Company	Filings	Avg Wage
1	Eli Lilly and Company	534	$138,686
2	Amgen Inc.	410	$136,734
3	Brookhaven National Laboratory	278	$117,904
4	Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.	251	$123,019
5	Bristol-Myers Squibb Company	244	$155,480
6	Gilead Sciences, Inc.	236	$143,445
7	AbbVie Inc.	210	$156,140
8	UT-BATTELLE, LLC (OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY)	195	$121,674
9	Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated	174	$137,353
10	Dana-Farber Cancer Institute	169	$98,267
11	Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory	163	$129,017
12	Genentech, Inc.	160	$140,298
13	OpenAI OpCo, LLC	159	$306,005
14	Anthropic, PBC	153	$233,778
15	Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	145	$148,777

Most Common Occupations in Pharma & Biotech (FY2025)

Occupation (SOC)	Filings	Avg Wage
Software Developers	1,709	$167,282
Chemists	1,221	$101,652
Biochemists and Biophysicists	934	$109,049
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists	870	$119,581
Molecular and Cellular Biologists	703	$102,013

Top States for Pharma & Biotech H1B Filings (FY2025)

California4,270

Massachusetts2,413

New Jersey1,585

New York1,332

Texas940

H1B Wage Distribution in Pharma & Biotech (FY2025)

Percentiles computed directly from certified LCA filings matching this page's definition. This is the actual spread of offered wages on file, not an official DOL prevailing-wage tier.

Percentile	Offered Wage
25th percentile	$91,163
Median (50th percentile)	$121,846
75th percentile	$155,000
90th percentile	$192,600

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Aggregated from DOL LCA disclosure files (FY2021–2026), filtered to certified petitions with annual wages between $30K and $1M. Employers classified under Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing, or Scientific Research and Development Services. Employer legal-entity spelling variants are grouped before counting. 70,620 filings tracked in total.